It was definitely a grizzly!
Cody, WY (East Yellowstone National Park)
Spent our second day in Yellowstone on the northeast side of the park
Today was a day full of wildlife (all of the animals preparing before the expected storm?)
By the numbers:
Mule deer: countless
Elk: countless
Bison: countless
Moose: 1
Wolves: 2 + pups
Grizzly Bears: 8
Black Bears: 6
Pronghorn: 2
On the way into the park, we saw two younger grizzlies (maybe 1.5 year old cubs) in a horse pasture; as we stopped to watch, the group of horses chased them out and the bears ran across the road right in front of us
Right after we entered the northeast side of the park, we spotted a moose about 30 yards from the road
Lamar Valley was teeming with wildlife that was nearly impossible to see with the naked eye - we used our binoculars and borrowed spotting scopes to see a grizzly and three cubs + two more grizzlies
Met Jack and Diana; former corporate finance and CPAs that run a real estate business out of Bozeman; showed us the wolf den through their spotting scope; they are avid fly fishers just like us; they’ve done 15-day float trips in Mongolia and fished for golden dorado in the Ibera Marsh in Argentina
National Geographic like encounter was so spectacular - we passed by a mama black bear up on the ridge that had just hunted and fed on an elk calf; meanwhile the two baby cubs were hiding out in a nearby tree; she returned to nurse them and the mama elk called for her missing newborn
Saw a cinnamon colored black bear at Tower Fall
On the way out of the park, we saw a bison and calf that Matt was convinced was a massive grizzly and cub… but it wasn’t
Campground: Absaroka Bay RV Park
